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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2021 | Maquette, Three Forms in Echelon | 3 | Phillips | New York | |||
sculpture
68 x 50.8 x 11.1 cm (26.75 x 20 x 4.38 in)
bronze
Marlborough Fine Art, London
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in May 1965)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1997
St. Ives, Penwith Society of Arts, Summer Exhibition, August-October 1965 (another example exhibited)
New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery Inc., Barbara Hepworth, April-May 1966, no. 4, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated)
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth, May 25-June 20, 1966, no. 1, n.p. (another example exhibited)
London, The Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April 3-May 19, 1968, no. 116, p. 59 (another example exhibited)
The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Barbara Hepworth, June 1-September 15, 1970, no. 12, n.p. (another example exhibited)
Galashiels, Scottish College of Textiles; Inverness Museum and Art Gallery; Dundee Museum and Art Gallery; Milngavie, Lillie Art Gallery; Hawick Museum and Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: A Selection of Small Bronzes and Prints, April 17-December 16, 1978, no. 13, n.p. (another example exhibited)
New York, Marlborough Gallery Inc., Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Bronzes, May 5-June 29, 1979, no. 21, p. 11 (another exampled exhibited and illustrated)
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum; Bangor Art Gallery; Wrexham Library Art Centre; Isle of Man, Manx Museum, Barbara Hepworth: A Sculptor’s Landscape 1934-1974, October 2, 1982-February 26, 1983, no. 13, n.p. (another example exhibited)
Sault Ste. Marie, Art Gallery of Algoma; Thunder Bay Art Gallery; Chatham, Thames Art Gallery; St Catherines, Rodman Hall Arts Centre; Cobourg, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Barbara Hepworth: The Art Gallery of Ontario Collection, August 15, 1991-May 10, 1992, no. 11, p. 46 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 34)
Tate Gallery Report 1967-1968, London, 1968, no. T959, p. 63
Alan Bowness, ed., The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, no. 306, p. 32 (another example illustrated, p. 33)
David Fraser Jenkins, Barbara Hepworth: A Guide to the Tate Gallery Collection at London and St Ives, Cornwall, London, 1982, pp. 18, 47 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 35)
incised with the artist's signature, number and date "Barbara Hepworth 3/9 1961" on the lower right of the base; stamped with the Morris Singer foundry mark on the lower left turnover edge
bronze
26 3/4 x 20 x 4 3/8 in. (67.9 x 50.8 x 11.1 cm)
Conceived in 1961 and cast in 1965, this work is number 3 from an edition of 9 plus 1 artist's proof, and it is included as BH 306 B in the catalogue raisonné of the artist's sculptures being revised by Dr. Sophie Bowness.
Other examples from this edition are held in the permanent collections of Tate, London (2/9), the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (4/9), and the University of Exeter, Fine Art Collection (7/9).
